In the realm of psychological speculation, sure, but a wonderful thought nonetheless. At the very least, worth a chuckle. The exchange below appeared at vancouvercondo.info, after about one week of extremely heavy rain. -vreaa
buffates 15 Jan 2010 8:27 am – “I’m not one to dwell on the weather…but honestly when you have rain like we’ve had over the past week it definitely contributes to the argument that Vancouver is by no means the end all be all. I keep having to remind myself that most of the world seeks, craves and wants live with sun most of the year. I have heard many people joking that they hope their house doesn’t float away. I definitely wouldn’t want to borrow 700K for a crappy house unless it was a tropical paradise. East Van does not qualify as a tropical paradise.”
World Class Soggy 15 Jan 2010 8:55 am – “I wonder if the tendency of Vancouverites to overvalue housing has to do with the shitty winter weather? I also wonder if that’s why we have a problem with construction quality. So much of our construction seems like it was thrown up as quickly as possible to get out of the rain. “Just throw some stucco and a tarp on it, we’ll fix it later.”
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Addendum: On the subject of rain, this from pricedoutfornow at vancouvercondo.info 15 Jan 2010 7:43 pm – “Due to all this rain, my ceiling is leaking. I told the building manager today at 3pm and she’s arranged for someone to come over tomorrow at 9am to fix it. Was contemplating how if I owned, rather than rented this apartment, I’d be on the hook for paying to fix the leak. Or perhaps would have the headache of arguing it with the strata nazis, since the leak seems to be originating from the roof. None of that for me, I’ll be off to the gym tomorrow while the guy fixes it, and leave it to the landlord to cut him a cheque. Ha! Oh the joy of renting…”
